Pyronota sobrina

Pyronota sobrina? (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Stethaspini
Genus: Pyronota
Species: Pyronota sobrina

Name

Pyronota sobrina Sharp, 1876

Synonyms

• Pyronota pallida Broun, 1893

[synonymy after Brown (1963 unpublished thesis)]

Type data

• pallida Broun: Syntypes (3+)
  • Type kind: female, male
  • Type locality: Tuakau, New Zealand AK; Mount Egmont and Stratford, New Zealand TK
• sobrina Sharp: Syntypes (3)
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Taranaki, New Zealand TK

References

cited sources

• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Sharp, D. 1876: Descriptions of some new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 13: 20–28, 70-77. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ

Additional references

• Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137. BUGZ
• Given, B.B. 1960: The Melolonthinae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Descriptions of new species, notes on types, and catalogue. New Zealand journal of science, 3: 363–381. BUGZ

unpublished theses/reports

• Brown, J.G. 1963: Biology and taxonomy of the genus Pyronota Bois. (Melolonthinae, Coleoptera). UNPUBLISHED M.AGR.SC. THESIS, LINCOLN COLLEGE, CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.